Live Green with City of Sydney

As mentioned in the previous article, Junglefy was a major sponsor of the City of Sydney’s “Live Green House”. This house is a modular mobile home that showcases a range of green technologies that can be retrofitted to existing homes or included in new builds.

The ecoVert™ green wall system was the most popular feature over the three day event. For many people, seeing a green wall close up enabled them to realise the opportunity of incorporating green walls into their everyday lives.

The modularity of the ecoVert™ Pro means that people can mix and match the modules to suit any shaped wall or fence. People were also very excited about the opportunity to grow food in areas previously not possible.

The Venny

The photos you see below are an update on the progress of the plant growth at The Venny green roof project in Melbourne. As can be seen there has been some significant growth in many of the plant varieties in a short space of time. Along with this successful growth has been the growth of weeds. These weeds and weed seeds were present in the stock from the nursery and this highlights the importance of a regular programmed maintenance schedule for all green roof installations.

Junglefy has been receiving a large number of enquiries regarding vertical garden installations into office environments. Exciting for Junglefy is the observation that architects and designers are now more aware about the need to strike an environmental balance between the benefits of the vertical gardens with the electricity required to grow them. We are seeing many more green walls being specified correctly in indoor settings where most is made out of the natural light available. This is a real improvement and highlights the role companies like ours can play in educating stakeholders of key considerations for correct application of technologies for Green Walls and Roofs.

Junglefy is seeing an ever increasing number of residential enquiries from people who want to improve their outlook onto their rooftops but also to push the boundary when it comes to assessing the hard to soft ratio for their developments. Where we would like to see a major movement is for councils to allow and facilitate the installation of green roofs to slow stormwater run-off as a substitute for large absorption trenches with ugly inspection pits. Some work still needs to be done here but we are definitely witnessing some councils becoming much more progressive on this front!